Tracking Electromagnetic Energy With SQUIDs

About this technology

Overview

The Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) is a gadget used to measure extremely weak signals, specifically magnetic flux. NASA uses SQUIDs for remote, noncontact sensing in a variety of venues, including monitoring the Earth's magnetic field and tracking brain activity of pilots. STAR Cryoelectronics LLC (STARCryo), of Los Alamos, New Mexico, specializes in developing, manufacturing, and marketing unltrasensitive SQUID sensors and advanced PC-based SQUID control electronics. StarCryo was successful in obtaining Phase I and II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract funding to develop new SQUID technologies and bring them to market. STARCryo now offers an extensive range of SQUID sensors and packaging options for applications in biomedical imaging, non-destructive testing of materials, geophysical exploration, and basic research. STARCryo's SQUIDs are in use at major university, government, and corporate research laboratories all throughout the world.